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Bait Rigs Tackle Co.,LLC of Madison WI. Proudly introduces its all new line of Esox Cobra WilloBeast™ Blades for Muskie and Pike, the World’s largest willow blade.

Esox Cobra WilloBeast Blades were designed by legendary Muskie angler Steve Herbeck and Joe Puccio, co-owner of Bait Rigs Tackle Company. According to Steve Herbeck, these #11 Willows represent a completely new class of blade. “I got goose bumps the first time I saw this blade in the water.

Esox Cobra WilloBeast ™ The World’s largest #11 Willow Blade

WilloBeast blades have more flash then any blade out there, including #10 & #13 Magnum Blades. I can fish these blades faster, cover more water and call fish in from longer distances. WilloBeast’s are going to be a great blade for search baits. One side benefit that I really like, is that WilloBeast blades have less pull then #10 & #13 Magnums, easier on the old elbow.”

Esox Cobra WilloBeast Blades are ideal for large spinnerbaits and for double and single spin bucktails. WilloBeast blades are available in (5) Muskie/Pike colors including; Metallic Hex patterns in 14kt Gold, Black Nickel and Bright Nickel. Painted patterns are Firetiger and Blaze Orange Glitter.

Esox Cobra WilloBeast Blades are available in two styles of finished Muskie/Pike baits including, Spinnerbaits and in-line double bladed Bucktails.

For additional information on our full line of Muskie products, see our website at www.baitrigs.com

The Esox Cobra® Viper Spinner Bait, was designed by Joe Puccio and professional Muskie Angler Steve Herbeck. The Cobra® Viper was field tested and perfected at Andy Meyers Lodge on Legendary Eagle Lake by Steve Herbeck and his staff of professional guides.

The Esox Cobra® Viper combines big fish attracting twin #10 blades with a live action skirt and pulsating high action plastic tail. The Viper’s big profile and multiple frequency vibrations will call fish up from the deep, off edges and out of weeds and timber. According to Herbeck, “the Viper consistently moved and produced fish for me and my guides all season long, even when thrown behind other baits.”

The Esox Cobra® Viper is versatile, an awesome night, dark day, dark water, windy conditions bait. According to Herbeck, “the Viper could well be the best night-bite bait ever. The Viper is heavy enough to throw well in the wind and can be slow rolled deep, yet has enough lift and streamlined features to be fished in heavy weed cover and slop, through timber, over rocks and everything in between.”

The Esox Cobra WilloBeast product line was designed by legendary Muskie angler Steve Herbeck and Joe Puccio, co-owner of Bait Rigs Tackle Company. This exciting new spinner series, features the design and development of the World’s largest, high performance, #11 willow blade, trademarked the WilloBeast.

Esox Cobra WilloBeast XXX Bucktail

The Esox Cobra WilloBeast, featuring the #11 WilloBeast blade, the World’s largest Willow blade, establishes a completely new class of spinner style baits. According to Steve Herbeck, “WilloBeast’s look completely different, I got goose bumps the first time I saw it in the water. These baits have more flash then traditional #10 Magnum Blades and can call fish in from longer distances. I can cover more water in less time, it’s going to be a great search bait. One side benefit that I really like, is that double WilloBeast’s have less pull then double #10 Magnums, easier on the old elbow.”

The Esox Cobra WilloBeast is available in (2) models. The WilloBeast In-line Bucktail model has double #11 WilloBeast blades and a custom XXX Skirt. The WilloBeast Spinnerbait model features a single WilloBeast blade and double #7 Colorado blades, skirt and action tail. The WilloBeast Spinnerbait model is in a class by itself, producing a combination of flash and vibration unlike any spinnerbait on the market today.

Esox Cobra Blades are available in metallic and painted finishes in #10 Indiana “Magnum” and #8 Willow. Unique Hexagon metallic finishes produce more flash and vibration than either smooth or hammered finishes.

#10 Magnum (Indy) Esox Cobra Spinner Blade

Esox Cobra Blades are painted on both sides to produce more color in rotation. Extra care and expense is taken to clear coat painted blades in a durable clear coat epoxy.

Esox Cobra Blades are chip proof and completely impervious to worm oils that destroy and discolor ordinary painted blades when they come in contact with plastic tails.

#8 Esox Cobra Willow Spinner Blade

Esox Cobra Blades are ideal for lure builders or as performance replacements for spinnerbaits, Bucktails and in-line single and double spinners.

Slo-Poke Jig, Firetigers are now available in two new Tiger patterns, Hot Purple Tiger and Hot Green/Chartreuse Firetiger. Both Firetigers are finished in Strontium based glow-in-the-dark colors that glow for more than 3 hours between charges.

Slo-Poke Jig, Firetigers are highly visible to fish and are ideal for night-bites, low light and dark water conditions.

Slo-Poke Jig, are a weight-centered , slow fall swimming jig that sink slowly and horizontally with a tantalizing wobble, not head first like traditional ball jigs. The original Slow Fall jig, Slo-Pokes stay in the strike zone longer and are excellent for cast and retrieve presentations and long lining live bait over bottom.

Slo-Poke Jig, Firetiger Colors

Slo-Poke Jig, can be tipped with live bait or plastics and used in a wide variety of presentations, including weeds, wood and rock structure with fewer snags than conventional ball jigs . Go to baitrigs.com for Slo-Poke Jig fishing tips and rigging diagrams.

Bait Rigs Tackle Co. LLC of Madison WI. proudly introduces its new line of Astrobrite, Firetiger Walleye Blades available in (3) hot new patterns.

Astrobrite, Firetiger Walleye Blades are producing big walleyes. Favored by top Pros and avid anglers, Firetiger Walleye Blades are fast becoming the preferred choice across the country and Canada in waters where high visibility colors are required to trigger strikes.

Astrobrite, Firetiger Walleye Blades feature a Deep-Cup, high lift design that produces more flash and vibration than conventional blades. These deep-cup, high lift blades ride higher over structure and will continue to spin at dead slow speeds.

Bait Rigs Tackle Co. LLC of Madison WI. proudly introduces its new line of Metallic Walleye Spinner Blades available in a variety of unique solid and 2-tone patterns. Metallic Walleye Blades are producing big water walleyes. Favored by top Pros and avid anglers, Metallic blades are fast becoming the preferred choice in the Great Lakes, Boundary Waters, Reservoirs and big water lakes and rivers across the country and Canada. Metallic Walleye Blades feature a Deep-Cup, high lift design that produces more flash and vibration than conventional blades. These deep-cup, high lift blades ride higher over structure and will continue to spin at dead slow speeds. Metallic Walleye Blades are available in sizes #5 and #6 Colorado in (7) solid colors: Purple, Blue, Chartreuse, Red, 14KT Gold, Copper and Nickel. 2-Tones Colors: Purple / Blue, Chartreuse / Red and Green / Chartreuse. Metallic Walleye Blades can be purchased individually, in a variety of kits and as complete spinner rig harnesses.

The Esox Cobra MAGNUM Musky Jig is endorsed by PMTT Champion and all time money winner Gregg Thomas. Gregg was closely involved with the design and field testing of the MAGNUM Musky Jig. Gregg considers the Magnum to be the ultimate answer to Jigging large plastics bodies for Muskies.

The Esox Cobra MAGNUM Musky Jig is fitted with a custom tuned fiber weed guard that allows it to swim cleanly through coon tail and cabbage weeds, while still providing maximum hook setting power.

The Esox Cobra MAGNUM Musky Jig has a custom-made, high quality, silicone rubber skirt. This skirt has wider, fuller strands, which provide the needed action required on larger jig heads. Skirt and head colors are available in 4 color patterns.

The Esox Cobra MAGNUM Musky Jig features a Mustad® Ultra-Point 8/0 big bite hook and is available in 1 oz, 1.5 oz and 2 oz sizes. All MAGNUM Musky Jigs feature an advanced keeper system on the hook shaft to accommodate larger plastic baits.

The Esox Cobra MAGNUM Musky Jig features an in-line trailer hook attachment eye that is located directly behind the head of the jig. This attachment eye accommodates the new Muskie Trailer hook system, designed specifically for the Cobra MAGNUM Musky Jig when using larger plastic baits.

Muskie Trailers are designed to fit the Cobra MAGNUM Musky Jig and provide needed hooking power on the back end of larger plastic baits. Muskie Trailers™ attach simply and positively to the MAGNUM Musky Jig and are adjustable in a range of plastic bodies from 6″ to 12″.

Esox Cobra™ Shadtails are endorsed by legendary Muskie Angler Steve Herbeck. Esox Cobra™ Tails feature the industries most advanced swimmer head, the popular Esox Cobra™Jig, dressed with a custom designed Muskie silicone rubber skirt and a 6″ Muskie Shadtail. This complete bait is sold individually in (9) hot Muskie color patterns and is available in either 1/2oz, 3/4oz or 1oz sizes.

Esox Cobra™ Shadtails exhibit a unique swimming action and can be used in a wide variety of presentations. Cobra Shadtails are the perfect bait for contour fishing shallow to deep structure. Cobra Shadtails swim and drop horizontally and assume a stand-up posture on the bottom, making them ideal for fishing top-to-bottom on deep weed edges, points, dropoffs and deep humps.

Esox Cobra™ Shadtails are the ideal bait for fishing in and around weeds and woods, making them an excellent presentation when fish are holding in deep cover. Cobra Shadtails can be effectively pulled through coontail and cabbage weed. A shake of the rod will remove weeds and keep the bait swimming, weed free. With Cobra Shadtails, weeds are seldom brought back to the boat. All Esox Cobra™ Shadtails feature a Mustad® Ultra- Point, Big Bite Hook.

ESOX Cobra Shadtail Black Black Silver Swimbait 6 Inch

Esox Cobra™ Shadtails are particularly effective on pressured fish or under cold front conditions when fish are off the bite. Cobra Shadtails will often trigger strikes when other baits are not producing, making them an excellent throw back bait behind follows from Bucktails, Jerk Baits and Tandem Spinners.

Esox Cobra Grubtail, Swim’n Jig Baits are designed and endorsed by legendary Muskie Angler Steve Herbeck. Esox Cobra Grubtails feature the industries most advanced swimmer head, the popular Esox Cobra® Jig, dressed with a custom designed Muskie silicone rubber skirt and a 6″ high action grub tail. This complete bait is sold individually in (9) hot Muskie color patterns and is available with either 1/2oz or 3/4oz Cobra Heads.

Esox Cobra Grubtails exhibit a unique swimming action and can be used in a wide variety of presentations. Cobra Tails are the perfect bait for contour fishing shallow to deep structure. Cobra Tails swim and drop horizontally and assume a stand-up posture on the bottom, making them ideal for fishing top-to-bottom on deep weed edges, points, drop-offs and deep humps.

Esox Cobra Grubtail Firetiger Swimbait 6 Inch

Esox Cobra Grubtailails are the ideal bait for fishing in and around weeds, making them an excellent presentation when fish are holding in deep cover. Cobra Tails can be effectively pulled through coontail and cabbage weed. A shake of the rod will remove weeds and keep the bait swimming, weed free. With Cobra Tails, weeds are seldom brought back to the boat.

Esox Cobra Grubtailails are particularly effective on pressured fish or under cold front conditions when fish are off the bite. Cobra Tails will often trigger strikes when other baits are not producing, making them an excellent throw back bait behind follows from Bucktails, Jerk Baits and Tandem Spinners.